Improvement in hand-seeding machine



CONE & DOUGLASS.

Seed-Planter.

No 63,854. Patented Apr. 16. 1867.

I X' o Witnesses= Inventor:

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M. l). CONE, OF PQRT GIBSON, .AND A. N. .DOUGL ASS, OF AVON, NEW YORK.Letters Patent No, 63,854, elated April 176, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND-SEEDING MACHINE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, M. D. CONE, of Port Gibson, in the county ofOntario, and State of New York, and A. N. DOUGLASS, of Avon, in thecounty of Livingston, and State aforesaid, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Seeding Machines; and we do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing bad tothe accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification. in which- I Figure 1 is a side elevation of ourinvention, the case B and the revolving seed cylinder 0 being shown .invertical section'in the plane of the red line x in fig. I

Figure 2 is a top view of one portion of the same, the cover G of thatcase being removed.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section of the revolving seed cylinder C. 4

Likeletters indicate corresponding parts-in the several figures. I

This invention relates more especially to hand or garden-seed planters,and it consists, mainly, of a revolving seed cylinder havingperforations through which the seed is discharged, the capacity of theseed perforationshcing regulated by an adjustable band or tire, whichhas different-sized holes, and in enclosing the seed chamber 'insuitable protectors or cases; and also in the arrangement of theseseeders in'connection with a barrow so as to be drawn by the same. v

'. To enable others to make anduse our invention We will describe itsconstruction and operation.

We employ the same barrow shown and describedjn our application forpatent cultivators, and attach the seeding devices to it by draught-rodsR and a hinged lifter, L. This lifter is hinged to the locking-head H.The slotted bars E are rigidly attached to the casing or drums B, andlap under the locking-head, to which they are clamped by the screw-bolts6. The cases or drums]? are provided with a hollow shank orconductingtube, T,which also act as furrowing teethi 'The draught-rods Rare hooked into an eye, cast or otherwise attached to the front of theshank. The hanger-strap P is bolted to the rearof the case B. and thetraverse-wheel or roller 0 is hinged to it by a forded shanlqs, ail-g,as shown in fig. 1, in such a manner as to permit the wheel to be raisedor lowered by changing a piii, n, from one hole to another in the arm Jand strap P. The grain cylinder C may be made cylindrical, as shown, orspherical, or any other suitable form. The heads I; audh are cast, itbeing riveted to the cylinder, and h is made to slip over the other end.There is a pivot, f,-'ou head ]t-'to fit in a corresponding recess inthe case. The headh has a pulley, 7:, cast ripen it, and a recess, 2',to receive the point of :the set-screw q, upon which that end of thecylinder 'runs. There is a pulley, y on the axle of the ground-wheel,and a cord, 1, or a chain, drives the grain cylinder from this pulley.The cylinders C have openings c large enough to discharge the coarsestgrain ever intended to be sewn by the machine. The discharge throughthese openings is regulated by the adjustable band 'n, which has aseriesof difl'erent-sized holes, either of which may .be turned so as toregister to those in the cylinder, where the band is held by the springlatches m, the points resting in openings made for the purpose, or thequantity ofsced to be sown may be regulated by having several bands,each having different-sized grain or seed holes. Thediamcter of thecylinder may be enlarged at the line of the seed perforations so as tocause the seed to co'ntinueto discharge until the last shall bedeposited, or the heads may be cast spherical and made to meet by acylindrical rim projecting from each and one fitting within the other..These rims are perforated so as to answer for the perforations in theother cylinder and the band. They may be set so as to regulate thequantity of seed deposited at each revolution. The cylinders are fittedand the loose head puton, and the whole placed in position, as shownfig. 2, the driving-band Zbeing arranged upon the vpulley, where it isheld by the pivot-screw q. The seeders are represented in thedrawings asbeing loaded upon the burrow as for transportation over the ground. Whenthey are to act the pin t is removed from the lifter L, when the handleswould be raised above the top of the cases B, consequently, whendesired, the two seeders may bedrawn in so as to drill only three orfour inches apart. What we claim as our invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is i i 1. Suspending the seeding apparatus from thefront of a hand-barrow, by which they are drawn, substantially in themanner and for the purposes shown and described.

The employment or use of the revolving seed cylinder 0 when it is madeto contain the supply of grain, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

3. Enclosing the grain cylinder 0 within the casing B for the purpose ofconcentrating the seed after leaving the distributing cylinder andconveying it to the drill through the conductor.

4. The adjustable perforated band 'IL, in combination with the ievolvingseed cylinder C, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

M. D. GONE, A. N. DOUGLASS.

Witnesses:

WM. S. Loueneononen, P. T. TURNER.

